February 8th, 1605

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Born on February 8th, 1605 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 8th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 8th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1605)

Born on February 8th, 1605

Weekday

Tuesday

February 8th, 1605 was a Tuesday.

Age

419

People born on February 8th, 1605 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 419 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1605 - February 19th, 1605

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 153,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 879 days, exactly on September 29th, 2026, people who were born on February 8th, 1605 will be 154,000 days old!

153,121 Days

21,874 Weeks

5,030 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 8th?

February 8th, 1948

The closing ceremony of the first Olympics held after World War II was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

February 8th, 1250

Seventh Crusade: Louis IX of France was defeated at the Battle of Fariskur and captured by the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt.

February 8th, 2010

A freak storm triggered a series of avalanches that buried more than 3.5 km (2.2 mi) of road near the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing 175 people and trapping more than 2,500 travellers.

February 8th, 1983

The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.

February 8th, 1968

Local police in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into a crowd of people who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.

February 8th, 1965

After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 84 people on board.

February 8th, 1960

The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, California.

February 8th, 1924

Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.

February 8th, 1910

William D. Boyce (pictured) established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.

February 8th, 1837

Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person ever to be elected Vice President of the United States by the Senate.

February 8th, 1601

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, led a failed rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 1587

Mary, Queen of Scots (pictured), was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 2014

A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.

February 8th, 2013

A blizzard kills at least 18 and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.

February 8th, 2010

Over 2 miles (3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 8th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 8th?

Joshua Kimmich

German association football player (born 1995)

*February 8th, 1995, Rottweil

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

*February 8th, 1903, Alor Setar †December 6th, 1990, Penang

Bronte Barratt

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder

*February 8th, 1989, Brisbane

Jules Verne

French writer (1828–1905)

*February 8th, 1828, Nantes †March 24th, 1905, Amiens

Shelley Thompson

German Association footballer

*February 8th, 1984, Langenfeld

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1931, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

Daniel Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1700-1782)

*February 8th, 1700, Groningen †March 17th, 1782, Basel

Dmitri Mendeleev

Russian chemist

*February 8th, 1834, Tobolsk †January 20th, 1907, Saint Petersburg

Franz Marc

German painter (1880-1916)

*February 8th, 1880, Munich †March 4th, 1916, Braquis

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian and French association football player

*February 8th, 1991, Ajaccio

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

Seth Green

American actor (born 1974)

*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

Javi García

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1987, Mula

Edith Evans

British actress (1888–1976)

*February 8th, 1888, London †October 14th, 1976, Cranbrook

Mary McCormack

American actress

*February 8th, 1969, Plainfield

William Jackson Harper

American actor

*February 8th, 1980, Dallas

Guillaume Gallienne

French actor

*February 8th, 1972, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Roderich von Stintzing

German legal historian (1825–1883)

*February 8th, 1825, Altona †September 13th, 1883, Oberstdorf

Horst Eckel

German association football player

*February 8th, 1932, Vogelbach †December 3rd, 2021, Landstuhl

Same year
Born in 1605

Philip IV of Spain

King of Spain and Portugal (1605-1665)

*April 8th, 1605, Valladolid Royal Palace †September 17th, 1665, Cuarto bajo del Rey

Thomas Browne

English polymath and author (1605–1682)

*October 19th, 1605, London †October 19th, 1682, Norwich

Tianqi Emperor

Emperor of the Ming Dynasty

*December 23rd, 1605, Beijing †September 30th, 1627, Beijing

George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

*March 17th, 1605, Darmstadt †June 11th, 1661, Darmstadt

Frans Banning Cocq

Dutch politician, lord of Purmerend and Ilpendam, owner/creator of the album amicorum of Frans Banninck Cocq

*February 23rd, 1605, Amsterdam †January 1st, 1655, Amsterdam

Philip Maurice, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

German noble

*August 25th, 1605, Hanau †August 3rd, 1638, Hanau

Johann Lorenz Bausch

*September 30th, 1605, Schweinfurt †November 17th, 1665, Schweinfurt

Tristram Coffin

American investor

*March 11th, 1605, Brixton †October 2nd, 1681, Nantucket

Semyon Dezhnyov

Russian explorer

*March 7th, 1605, Veliky Ustyug †January 1st, 1673, Moscow

William Dugard

English printer

*January 9th, 1605, Bromsgrove †December 3rd, 1662, London

Barthold Moller (vom Baum)

Legal academic, mayor of Hamburg

*November 19th, 1605, Hamburg †April 7th, 1667, Hamburg

Cesare Fracanzano

Italian painter (1605-1651)

*October 16th, 1605, Bisceglie †January 1st, 1651, Barletta

Valentin Heider

German councillor

*March 25th, 1605, Lindau †November 28th, 1664, Lindau

Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

English peer (1605-1675)

*August 8th, 1605, Kent †November 30th, 1675, Middlesex

Bernard of Corleone

Sicilian Franciscan

*February 6th, 1605, Corleone †January 12th, 1667, Palermo

Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier

French princess

*October 15th, 1605, Château de Gaillon †June 4th, 1627, Paris

Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

Italian noble

*May 16th, 1605, Pesaro †June 28th, 1623, Urbino

Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy

French writer and composer

*October 16th, 1605, Paris †October 29th, 1677, Paris

Orazio Benevoli

Italian composer (1605-1672)

*April 19th, 1605, Rome †June 17th, 1672, Rome

William Dugdale

English officer of arms

*September 12th, 1605, Shustoke †February 10th, 1686, Shustoke

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 8th.

Parinirvana Day (some Mahayana Buddhism traditions; most celebrate on February 15)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parinirvana_Day

Prešeren Day (Slovenia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prešeren_Day

Propose Day (India)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propose_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VIII.II.MDCV

8.2.1605

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1605 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1605

February 1605

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5		1	2	3	4	5	6
6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
7	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
8	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
9	28